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Wawatam township, Emmet County, MI

634 Population
15.7 square miles 40.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Emmet County: 47 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,378 ±$5,044 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Emmet County: $48,447 ±$2,797
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,318 ±$11,410 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Emmet County: $78,112 ±$4,802
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±5.6% (89  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Emmet County: 8.5% † 2,870 (±1.3% / ±433)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.3 minutes ±2.7 (4,570  ±1,319) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Emmet County: 19.9 293,405 (±1.1 / ±18,252)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

328 ±60 Number of households
  • Emmet County: 15,190 ±413
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.5 (629  ±103) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Emmet County: 2.2 33,708 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

20.4% ±14.6% (23  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Emmet County: 5.3% † 353 (±1.5% / ±102)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

596 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Emmet County: 21,979 ±63
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$226,900 ±$33,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Emmet County: $315,700 ±$11,662
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±3.1% (41  ±20.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Emmet County: 11.3% † 3,828 (±1.9% / ±650)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±22.2% (471  ±78.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Emmet County: 96.3% 24,468 (±3.4% / ±869.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.8% ±8.8% (175  ±53.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Emmet County: 41.6% 10,561 (±2.2% / ±552.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±2% (15  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Emmet County: 1.5% 511
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±4.1% (43  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Emmet County: 6.2% † 1,731 (±0.8% / ±215)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
43 Total veterans ±23 36 Male ±19 7 Female ±8

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